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Test Manager Guide
This guide describes how to keep track of the performance of the application by evaluating the test results. Following topics cover how you can work with the test results.
Results for tests in UI Test perspective
In this section, you will learn how to analyze test results in the Web UI Test perspective.
Export test results
You can export the test result in different formats to share it with different stakeholders.
Exporting results to a CSV file
To further analyze test results, you can export all statistics or specific statistics captured during a run to a CSV file.

Rational® Functional Tester
- Release Notes
  This document contains information about what's new, installation instructions, known problems in and contact information of IBM Customer Support.
- System Requirements
  This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for IBM® Rational® Functional Tester.
- Getting Started Guide
  This guide provides an overview of Rational® Functional Tester. You can find the task flows to get you started with Rational Functional Tester. This guide is intended for new users.
- Tutorials
  This section contains the tutorials which explains the main features of Rational® Functional Tester.
- Samples
  This section describes about the sample project which can be used with Rational® Functional Tester to test the functionality of an application.
- Administrator Guide
  This guide describes how to install IBM® Rational® Functional Tester software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
- Test Author Guide
  This guide describes how to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
- Test Execution Specialist Guide
  This guide describes how to automate the playback of the tests by using different methods such as Docker, IBM® Cloud Private, Jenkins and so on. The test results can be pushed to Rational® Test Control Panel.
- Test Manager Guide
  This guide describes how to keep track of the performance of the application by evaluating the test results. Following topics cover how you can work with the test results.
  - Publishing test results to the server
    The test results indicates the quality of the application under test. Different stakeholders might want to check the quality of the application but do not have the desktop client installed. As a desktop client user, you can publish the test result to IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server so that others can view it from the web browser.
  - Publishing specific results to the server
    If you have a single test result or multiple test results that are not published to IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server, you can publish a single or all of them simultaneously.
  - Unified reports
    Unified reports in Rational® Functional Tester provide a detailed overview of the test results. Unified reports also provide an extensive user interface that you can use to analyze or apply filters on the test results.
  - Results for tests in UI Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn how to analyze test results in the Web UI Test perspective.
    - UI Test Statistical report
      Use this report to view the performance data for your application. The report displays performance data for all of the transactions in the test, all of the steps in the test, and all of the supported computer resources.
    - Evaluating desktop Web UI results
      After the test run, Unified Report the statistical report, and test log is displayed. The statistical report displays response time data for transactions and test steps. The live report displays result for the functionality of each step and the test log shows details of each test step.
    - Customizing reports
      You can customize reports to specifically investigate a performance problem in more detail than what is provided in the default reports.
    - Export test results
      You can export the test result in different formats to share it with different stakeholders.
      - Creating an executive summary from the workbench
        To create a printable report that summarizes the findings of the performance test run on a single view, create an executive summary. You can export the data of the test run as an executive summary from a single report or from multiple reports such as Performance Report, Mobile and Web UI Statistical Report, Transaction Report, and Loop Report. You can then open the summary in a word-processing program to further format and annotate the data.
      - Creating an executive summary from the Web Analytics report
        To create a printable report that summarizes the findings of the performance test run on a single view, create an executive summary. You can choose to view the executive summary on a web browser or save it on a computer.
      - Exporting reports to HTML format
        When you export a test run and share it, people can analyze test data without using the test workbench. You can also email the test run or post it on a web server. The exported run can be displayed and printed from any browser. A test run contains multiple reports. You can choose to export any or all of the reports.
      - Exporting results to a CSV file
        To further analyze test results, you can export all statistics or specific statistics captured during a run to a CSV file.
      - Sharing URL of test run
        When you share the URL of the test run with other people, they can view and analyze the test results on a browser on their computer if the test workbench is running on your computer at that time.
      - Exporting report metadata
        To share report metadata with another test workbench user, export the report definition. Use this option to share customized report formats with other users. The recipient imports the metadata with Eclipse's Import option and views the report from the Test Navigator or in the list of reports in the web report.
    - Evaluating results
      To check whether or not the test ran successfully, you can open the report. You can also view each recorded functional action in the report.
    - Logs overview
      Rational® Functional TesterRational Performance Tester uses logs to store different types of information, which you can use to determine the reason for a test failure.
  - Results for tests in Functional Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn how to analyze test results in the Functional Test perspective.
- Troubleshooting
  This guide describes how to analyze and resolve some of the common problems that you might encounter while you work with Rational® Functional Tester.
- Reference Guide
  This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about Rational® Functional Tester.
- All Guides (PDF)
  You can find the link to view or download the content of the release notes, system requirements, and persona guides of IBM® Rational® Functional Tester as a PDF file.
- Security Considerations
  You can take certain actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls.
- Notices
  This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

Exporting results to a CSV file

To further analyze test results, you can export all statistics or specific statistics captured during a run to a CSV file.

About this task

You can export a single run to a local directory or multiple runs in the compare mode to a directory. You can export the runs from Web Analytics report, workbench, and command line. To export from the workbench, select a single run or multiple runs and click Export > Test > Performance Test Run Statistics as CSV File. To export data of specific time ranges, on a subsequent page select a time range.

To export the run from command line, see the parameters in the Running a test from a command line topic.

Procedure

Open the test run to export.
Click the Menu icon , click the Share icon , and click Export Session to CSV.
Select the encoding system for the export.
Complete either one of the following steps:
- To export only the last value of each counter from the results or to export data of specific time ranges, select Simple.
  Note: When you export data of specific time ranges, for example, 5 Users or 15 Users, a separate column is created in the CSV file for each time range.
  - To create multiple CSV files if the number of columns exceed the specified value, select the Split output if column exceeds checkbox and specify a value.
- To export all of the data for the run, select Full.
  To include description about the name of the run, node name, and time range for each counter, select the Include per instance counters.
- To export data of each location (agent) in a separate section in the CSV file, select the Export each agent separately
  To export data of each location (agent) to separate CSV files, select the One file per agent checkbox.
Click Export. If you export from the workbench, the report is saved in the specified folder. If you export from an external browser, the report is downloaded in a compressed format to the default download location of the browser.

What to do next

You can now analyze and share the report with people who are not using the workbench.